What is the importance of the Jack London Apartments in the novel, A Gambler’s Anatomy?

The Jack London Apartments comprise a single apartment building, which is owned by Keith Stolarsky. While Bruno is in Berkeley, Stolarsky allows Bruno to reside there without paying rent. Garris Plybon lives across the hall from Bruno, and they sometimes gather in Plybon’s apartment with Beth and Alicia to plot against Stolarsky. The Jack London also serves as the site of Bruno’s romantic encounters with Madchen and Tira. The Jack London apartments have an ironic name; Jack London was a famous fiction writer whose works primarily took place in the undisturbed wilderness, but the Jack London Apartments are located in the heart of commercialized, urban Berkeley.